gosh he's so handsome! what a color!!
I'd be interested to hear how well linnies and budgies get along, please!
Actually, my first bird was going to be a budgie, but I decided to get two, so one would not be lonely when I was away from home. Then while I was waiting for the budgies to fledge so I could bring them home, I found a double-wide flight cage on craigslist & figured they'd like a big home. The catch was there were 2 Linnies already occupying the cage when I went to pick it up. [Four Linnies, actually, but the owner removed 2 & put the other 2 in a box & handed it to me].
Too late to make a long story short, but I had 2 budgies in one half of the [dividable] double flight cage & 2 linnies in the other half for 4 years.
While mine really did not get along well - The Evil Dragon Queen [who passed just this week] bedeviled the Linnies, guarded the dividing wall and tried to grab the Linnies' tails or beaks at every opportunity - I think that was possibly a matter of her personality. The sweet remaining budgie, Little Bird Blue, seems to get along with them just fine, although they really don't interact much.
It may be different with a single budgie and a single Linnie, although budgies are bigger and more assertive than linnies.
Best of luck - you have a very cute little guy. They will be company for each other, whether they become best buddies or not.
home Kobe and congrats on your new baby, Dianne. He's very gorgeous and in the best hands now. Don't worry, Daisy will show him the ropes. It's always good to have another bird there I think to show the new ones what is what. I tried hanging wet greens in with the budgies but they always ignored them. Now that the grey is here and I started making chop and offering them some they finally have taken to it and are eating it as well.
